Police officers seized a huge meat cleaver as well as drugs and cash on Jesus Green yesterday (November 2).

The items were found shortly before midday and three men were arrested as a result - two on suspicion of drug dealing and one on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon.

Cambridgeshire police say that at around 11.45am, two officers on a routine patrol of Jesus Green spotted the three men acting suspiciously.

They challenged them and when searched them found in their possession items that police say suggest they were part of a 'county lines' drug network.

The two suspected dealers were found with £500 in notes, mobile phones and 11 large ziplock bags with smiley faces on full of cannabis.

One man was found with a hugh, 30cm long meat cleaver (Image: Cambridgeshire police)

The other man was found with a huge 30cm long meat cleaver which police have classed as an offensive weapon.

Talking to Cambridgeshire Live, a senior officer of Cambridgeshire police said there was no excuse for owning such a weapon let alone carrying it on your person. He hoped this arrest would show others that carrying weapons was unacceptable and that it would lead to prosecution.

The bags of cannabis seized by police (Image: Cambridgeshire police)

All three men have been detained and an investigation is under way.

County lines are when large established criminal gangs set up drug dealing operations outside of their usual territory. Drugs are moved from large cities such as London and Birmingham to smaller towns and cities and the countryside where drug prices are usually higher and gang members are less known to the police.

The men had £500 of cash all in notes on them (Image: Cambridgeshire police)

These tactics often include 'cuckooing' where gang members intimidate local addicts, often setting up their dealing operations from their homes, and forcing vulnerable people to deal drugs for them. These tactics mean they can distance themselves from the operation but still take all the profits.